Basically Lizardfolk

Here's some weird alien lizards who don't care that you broke your elbow.
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[@deanhollis8983]

Bard: That lady is a legit snacc Lizardfolk: Yes, we eat now *Felony ensues*

[@tomhill3248]

I mean....there was a bard...a felony was gonna happen either way.

[@bluelick7578]

I wonder if bard could affect Lizardfolks at all? -here, let me sing for you to inspire your valor. -stop making noises, I am hunting.

[@kinamiya1]

Blue Lick my logic is that since the lizardfolk just find annoying the bard and the bard is doing it so you do better at killing or doing something they will do their best to do it as fast as possible so the bard shuts up

[@tomhill3248]

@@kinamiya1 Wouldn't it be easier just to break the bards instrument? Bards spells effect lizard folk, they just feel faster and maybe a bit smarter rather then braver, but the effect is about the same...mostly.

[@death13a]

Bard make noise. Noise attracts strong foe. Kill bard to stop noise.

[@Kev_Lar]

"First name, last name, and profession please." Lizard man, Lizard man, and uh...Lizard man.

[@aluksus9327]

You forgot Lizard man

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Lizard. Folk. Alive.

[@goodenoughright5433]

I hate you because I didn't think about it

[@KarlRosner]

Harvey Birdman deep cut!

[@PixyEm]

You called for me?

[@WhoTookSaltyCabbage]

"Why does Ross, the largest friend, not simply eat the other five?" -A lizardfolk, probably

[@tonydanatop4912]

:Lrrr ruler of the planet omicron Persie 8 and pretty much a space lizard folk

[@keithgawain3614]

I wish I had a friend like Ross

[@Kaminkaese]

Because they have a use

[@ryanweible9090]

i hate to know this, but joey should be the most capable predator of the group. but his group helps him find food, and possible mating. ross is the smallest, isnt he?

[@rita6355]

I bet there's a fanfiction out there that's like that

[@Serpentking789]

Lizardfolk Warrior whom just found money while looking for food: "Aww, 20 silver coins? I wanted a crawdad." Human Thief companion: "20 silvers can acquire many crawdads." Lizardfolk Warrior: "... Explain." Human Thief: "Money can be exchanged for goods and services."

[@josemhernandez1974]

I play Vyth in a group and he sees daggers as wealth vs. useless shiny thingies. Till he learned shiny thingies can buy him true wealth. I traded gloves of missile snaring, large bag of shiny thingies and personal trophies (various creature parts) to get a portable hole. I did this when my party left me alone so they had no clue. On an adventure our smith found a meteorite he wanted for ore I asked him how badly he wanted the "useless rock" in the end he agreed to make me new metal skin and sharp claws before his weapon and even his own brothers weapons. I also "learned to smile" during transactions or greeting people (intimidation check) as it made the interactions more easy or I got more food when they attacked me.

[@thatoneguywiththevoice328]

Like there is probably only one lizardfolk who saves money because they think, "shiny rock make human give more food than if I use big rock on human"

[@mediocreboi]

Overflowing with the oils of its departed brothers

[@lucajustluca8257]

Lizardfolk that understands capitalism.... Thats damn fucking scary

[@PerpetualGM]

@@josemhernandez1974 My party encountered a Lizardfolk Druid who helped them defeat a young black dragon in the swamp. The dragon had a small hoard of treasure, so they start discussing how to carry it all out. To make room in their backpacks, they start dumping out easily replaceable stuff like fish hooks, hunting traps, spare daggers and knives, etc. The druid, who had previously shown no interest in the gold, silver or gems, immediately started scooping up all of their discarded tools like they were precious stones or magic items. They thought it was amusing, but he thought they were stupid and/or insane for dumping out useful stuff like shovels and mess kits for worthless bits of soft metal and shiny stones.

[@THEO00900]

Thief : this wasa piece of cake. Lizardman:"jumps in and is getting caught by the guards" Lizardman: The cake was a lie...

[@wingmario95]

Best comment so far. 😂

[@deadlydingus1138]

To many words. It would be more along the lines of "where cake?"

[@just_eco1666]

The liar is now the cake

[@aaronmcintyre6481]

Oh you slyyy doggg

[@charlesphipp6574]

Soul of Artorias there not lizardmen there lizardfoke ....lizardmen is total war

[@anomaly7853]

Party: *kills evil wizard* Lizardfolk: *starts eating the evil wizard's body* Elf: Wh-Are you crazy!? What in the name of Corellon Larethian are you doing!? Lizardfolk: *brief pause* Oh, I understand this. *tosses elf one of the evil wizard's arms* You may have some as well.

[@Mis.tresss]

Basically Divinity Original Sin 2 lol

[@minnion2871]

@@Mis.tresss Of course the lizard-folk is smart he might pause and ask if the evil wizard he started in on was poisoned or sick... (If it's the cleric that raised the objection and if the lizard knows that the cleric is the healer he might give pause to wonder if eating the wizard would be bad for his survival....)

[@josemhernandez1974]

I do this often. 2 weeks ago in my game I got pulled in by a siren and finally broke her charm but played it off and as she came to kiss me and take more of my air I stabbed her twice with the custom claws I got and my bonus action bite ripped off her face as I finished her. Right where a group of pirates saw. Needless to say they are terrified of their new shipmate. 😆😆😆 I have gotten a few of the party members to join me in my various meals. These softskins might make it after all is the way he looks at it. 😊

[@adamw5397]

Lizard-man never hunts for sport.

[@smugreptile6695]

@Strength Monk Fingers for mine. He had an innate craving for humanoids. Anytime we killed someone of a race he had not eaten yet, the gnome would assist in retrieving fingers to satisfy my lizardfolk. Whether it was to prevent him from just chowing down in front of people or to save their own hide (as I had never eaten a gnome up to that point) I do not know. But finger snacks are far less noticeable then eating an arm like a drumstick. And with the way lizards eat, most people would only get a brief glance before whatever the lizardfolk was eating disappeared forever.

[@Techsketch]

I was about three sessions into playing my Lizardfolk Ranger, when I looked to the GM with a dumb epiphany. "I wasn't trying to make a murder hobo, but that's exactly what this guy is." He turned out to be one of my favorite characters, though. He made fires on the kitchen floor when they asked him to cook the elk he brought home, and he was pretty sure the stove was witchcraft. When he asked what his human companions' smoking pipes were for, he tried to destroy it when they told him that it kills people. They had to stop him from breaking down all the doors in their home because as far as he was concerned, they were pointless. He had a habit of wandering off when the others started having conversations, and they had to find creative ways to keep him close by to avoid trouble. I frequently made intelligence checks for myself to determine if he would have the wits to think of any idea I came up with as a player. About 80% of his dialogue consisted of the words: Yes, No, Oh, Okay. He was strange, but I loved him.

[@tomhill3248]

I like it. Reminds me of Lizard DM but more cohesive at the end

[@DHTheAlaskan]

My favorite part of that was that stoves are classified as witchcraft.

[@panheaddragonwolfpaw]

I'm making a lawful evil lizardfolk monk whose background is literally an urchin. AKA, a hobo who enjoys murder. Your character's legacy will live on.

[@wolfheadmgj]

Lizardfolk has by far been my favorite race to play, in part because of the possible absurdities like those that come up quite naturally for lizardfolk characters

[@josemhernandez1974]

I use to really enjoy playing elves but lately lizardfolk are my go too. It is fun to run on primal wants, needs and a complete disregard to society norms. Plus I had him speak really bad common so they (my party) thought he was dumb but then one used magic to talk to him in draconic and the group realized he was quite wise and smart.

[@aFallenWolf]

Alternate title: Why you should play a lizardfolk.

[@Nyrufa]

I feel like a party of nothing but lizardfolk would have absolutely no desire to proceed with the campaign. :-)

[@aFallenWolf]

@@Nyrufa omg. I've never imagined an entire lizardfolk party before! That's amazing!

[@wizardlizard4496]

party of lizardfolk that witnessed an adventuring party kill their powerful tribe and now want to follow their ways of survival and become adventurers

[@Nyrufa]

@@wizardlizard4496 That was the exact backstory I came up with for a Goblin character. He was so impressed with the strength of the party that wiped out his whole tribe, that he decided to become an adventurer himself!

[@wizardlizard4496]

@@Nyrufa nice

[@valleyard8674]

"feminine hips" Me chuckling I understood the reference

[@seanthebluesheep]

That's something I'm sensitive about!

[@ivy-queenofworms]

adryan rocha lizardfolk are 13 year olds confirmed

[@jet9125]

I was on my ass then he said that

[@valleyard8674]

@@ivy-queenofworms THAT'S SOMETHING I'M SENSITIVE ABOUT

[@Mare_Man]

WIDE EGG BEARING HIPS

[@seesee405]

My favorite character to play was an elderly female lizardfolk druid who'd cook all kinds of things...and people for her new "tribe". Everyone loved lizard granny in spite of her being very ok with cooking them in a meat stew if they ever died.

[@defensivekobra3873]

According to lore, all lizardfolk shamans are genderless This may or may not be true depending on the setting and edition, i donno

[@defensivekobra3873]

Sounds like a Lovely character

[@LupineShadowOmega]

@@defensivekobra3873 they aren't genderless, they're hermaphroditic, and that tends to be lizardfolk that develop magic naturally and are considered holy in their culture.

[@defensivekobra3873]

@@LupineShadowOmega okay yeah got some things wrong there my bad

[@silvertheelf]

seesee405, you mean a hermaphroditic Druid... right

[@364dragonrider]

So the lesson here is: replace “food” and “survival” with money and all corporate executives think like lizardfolk.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

And disguise themselves so humans won't be racist to them. Mark Zuckerberg is literally just a Lizardfolk that learned.

[@notyetdeleted6319]

That’s rude to the lizardfolk

[@reptilprinceoflizardpeople5797]

"I understand that I have a one track mind, but that's just rude." -some lizardfolk

[@Shifterwizard]

Money can be used to acquire food and ensure survival.

[@marcosalmeida3947]

Prodigious lizardfolk raised as someone's pet learned that money can be exchanged for goods and services, becomes a wealthy businessman because everyone knows he no lie.

[@stretopovermind9680]

Lizardman, lizardman Keeps surviving as he can: Kills some stuff, kills some more, Making tools of bloody gore. Watch out! He is a lizardmaaan.

[@saulo4302]

I can see a bard singing this if there's a Lizardfolk PC in the party. Lol

[@friendlychesspiece]

Don’t know why but I read this to the tune of the theme of the Spider-Man cartoon...

[@coleallen8425]

Friendly Chesspiece I think I may know why

[@OMartinez91]

@@saulo4302 how the bard gives his lizardfolk party member bardic inspiration

[@goldenscholar3181]

human: look it gold will can be rich lizardfolk: I can use that gold to make armor human:but gold make weak armor lizardfolk: okay Throw gold in the river Human: WHY Lizardfolk: because you said we can’t use them to make armor

[@sancturillore]

clearly that human's fault. Should've said "use gold to buy good armor."

[@defensivekobra3873]

Gold shiny Gold blinds enemy

[@hburton7176]

@@sancturillore instructions unclear, raded an armory and left behind a brass button.

[@jackielinde7568]

Actually, I don't think Lizardfolk know how to manipulate metals to make armor. Maybe if the gold had holes like chinese coins, he could use the gold to make a form of ringmail. More likely, the lizardman would see the gold as useful material for slings, cuz that shit's heavy and hurts.

[@janelantestaverde2018]

@@sancturillore Obviously the humans fault. I mean he can't even talk properly.

[@Jackb290]

Nobody Lizard Folk PC: Damn the whole Party looking like a *SNACC!*

[@defensivekobra3873]

No stop please

[@janelantestaverde2018]

-Nobody-

[@TaggedByTim]

Too many words. Should be. Party = snacc

[@kylepessell1350]

I'm actually really tempted to play one now. Especially because not many people will be familiar with what accepting a lizard folk into the party means until its too late.

[@Xenibalt]

you're so cute my dessert i'll eat you last

[@mountainmaestro5247]

The party: “WTF are you doing?” My Lizardfolk warlock dragging a body into another room: “I must feast”

[@loganfury7433]

Inaccurate, wasting time to carry it into another room? SMH

[@KT-in3wb]

@@loganfury7433 Maybe he wasn't trust these people much and wanted to hide food from them and feast alone?

[@loganfury7433]

@@KT-in3wb mayhaps

[@Rikimaru0523]

He probably knows that the other party members get uneasy and sick if they watch a lizard folk eat another humanoid, so to avoid the annoyance of dealing with that, he drags his next meal someplace private to eat in peace.

[@oligb1469]

Lizardfolk: is this lunch *Looks at annoying bard* Rest of the party: Pouring ketchup on bard *with unadulterated zeal*

[@jackielinde7568]

The party is morning over their lost friend, who valiantly gave up his life to save the party from mortal peril. Lizardman: "So, when do we feast?"

[@rompevuevitos222]

"What weapon can the body become?"

[@camblycreeper7999]

*Mourning, the U makes it sad without it it is just time

[@jackielinde7568]

@@rompevuevitos222 The whole body? A very large billy club.

[@ThrottleKitty]

@@jackielinde7568 I laughed way to hard at "Billy" club

[@guibin]

@@ThrottleKitty The character's name was Billy.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

They'd look at the party bard's ukulele and ask why his club is built so flimsy.

[@Carewolf]

Well, that is why my bard carries a battle ukulele.

[@bookworm3696]

The bard immediately uses it to cast spells.

[@achievementash9680]

I just pictured the lizardfolk just picking the ukulele up and smashing it off a wall, and just responding with "club weak, get strong club" just holding a smashed ukulele

[@Drekromancer]

this is why Marceline's battle-axe/bass hybrid is so good: she can play it AND hit people with it.

[@taddad2641]

wouldn't that mean lizardmen can't be affected by bardic inspiration or anything that can enhance their effectiveness in combat related to emotion and motivation?

[@kiran5964]

I like to think of Lizardfolk as professional speedrunners with their mindset: Whatever is the most efficient way to continue surviving and progressing. A lizardfolk would rez companions, as having the ability to constantly get aid in combat and interactions with those who impede them is more efficient than letting them die. Beautiful art is valuable to Lizardfolk to the materials being sought after by others, and Lizardfolk who use spells would collect art in order to break in down into spell components. They would avoid doing things that aggravate the people around them, whether the aggravation means disgust or anger, because it drives away those who may prove useful. They aren't just hyper-hongry geckos, they are cool, calculating survivalists.

[@josephg3460]

currently imagining a lizard man somersaulting off of a barrel into the corner of a room in an attempt to clip through the wall

lisardfolks are the kind of speedrunners that don't do XD skip in odissey, no dignity...

[@McGrewer]

I mean, they pretty much are just hyper hungry survivalist, because that's what their god "teaches" them. As their origin lore and culture literally teach that thinking too much is bad, taking action is good. The only reason they would know the value of art or companionship is because someone either carefully taught it to them, or they come from one of the rare smart tribes.

[@connordarvall8482]

Of course, first they have to learn that art is valuable to others, but before that they must learn that money gets stuff.

[@alias588]

But if a party member dies that means they're not good at surviving. Why would you waste time/money/effort at that point to bring someone back if you already know first-hand that they suck at staying alive? That would be insanity, from a lizardfolk's perspective.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

A Lizardfolk necromancer is just an advanced forager. "Waving arms and fingers above food bones make helpful moving bones if waving be right"

[@Storywalker4]

Moving bones get food, make more bones, make more food. Must know more finger waving. Human, tell me how to finger wave.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@Kathy Kat Cleric: "Wait NO! Nononono! STOP!" *dies to necrotic damage*

[@tanith117]

Add in a love of Cheese and you got the shaman from goblin slayer.

[@isaacgraff8288]

That is beautiful and amazing.

[@tomhill3248]

@Kathy Kat The lizardman would know this is a bad idea. 1 because he'd be killed for it. And 2, because Lizardmen actually get attached to people they know who are reliable allies for the same reason humans and pet lizards do....they can count on them. A skeleton ain't gonna do shit to help the lizard avoid being mind controlled by a black dragon.

[@AceWolf456]

“Lizardfuck” had me rolling

[@1Maklak]

A valid nickname for one after witnessing a few of their shenanigans.

[@jhgproductions7295]

Oh, those funny lizard people with their wacky shenanigans!

[@Gevaudan1471]

OwO

[@cage5577]

"Eat pig bad...for now."

[@nestormentoso8707]

according to volo's monster guide, they sometimes memorize metaphors and use them at any time, and others learned to laugh, but not when is appropriate to do it

[@josemhernandez1974]

Or "smile" and make an intimidation roll. Either way the lizardman got what they wanted, just the fun way he got lunch too.

[@dustyfella]

imagine the panic a party must feel when they find out that they forgot their lizard friend in a city

[@blixer8384]

Home Alone 2: Lizard in New York

[@dukedevlan5457]

Now imagine the lizardfolk is a level 20 barbarian

[@KT-in3wb]

@@dukedevlan5457 'Godzilla in New York' )))

[@maxthepaladin2147]

-Hey, what did you do with the lizard? -Me? I thought he was with you -...uh oh

[@ericward8459]

"How do we find him?!" "Uh... Follow the screams?"

[@dracoshield2344]

While I did like my first lizardfolk character, as did the rest of my party, I really want to play a lizardfolk "correctly" now.

[@defensivekobra3873]

Yeah we had a lizardfolk player who we had to constantly remind did in fact not have emotions untill he ate a weird undead hand posessed by the Ghost of a child and i convinced him to try to absorb its soul and he managed so now he has emotion

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Eh, because if your Lizard Folk has been around other humanoids long enough to adventure with them in a party, that means that he or she has had to learn enough about them to understand the basics of what emotions and the lot are. They don't have them, but they'd know how to fake it. Especially as while Lizard Folk tribes hate intelligence, they love cunning. By saying these words you're more likely to get x or y. And that's not even taking into account that if your PC is too intelligent, he probably got ran out of his tribe and might have been raised or grew up with a different cultural outlook. That probably has an effect as well.

[@silvertheelf]

Hehehe

[@kiroropupper3914]

Saaaame

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

@@LupineShadowOmega I was wondering about that while watching. Emotions evolved in species precisely BECAUSE they're advantageous for survival. If lizardfolk are as calculating and hard-core focused on survival as this video says then it stands to reason that they'd suck it up and communicate with other species the way those species want to be communicated with. Just like he said with lizardman villages, there are benefits to numbers, that's a good enough reason for lizardfolk to group up with fellow lizardfolk, so why not do the same with other sentient beings they interact with on a day-to-day basis?

[@arcsecondofparallax1351]

I had a lizardfolk, and these were his names for the party: Halfling Rogue: Short Goliath Barbarian: Axe Warforged Cleric: Steel Half-orc Warlock: Green

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

“If I threatened to kill it will it let me boop it’s snoot?” -actual character I played, on lizardmen

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

If it knows you can kill it with one hand. Otherwise it might bite your hand off because it's hungry, and you're an idiot for putting fleshy bits near a mouth.

[@LeafseasonMagbag]

@@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 I was playing a monk at the time, so I maybe could

[@arcanejack]

Vulcan, step away from the frog

[@Rikimaru0523]

@@arcanejack i would like to pet this creature.

[@pungoblin9377]

I love this race because I can regularly ask my DM to roll for how many teeth my enemies have

[@brunohommerding3416]

One of the funniest and most beloved characters i have ever played was a Lizard Folk Druid of the land, it was one of the best experiences i had with a group as a player and as a character. In short, he was always an oddball among his own people for having a strong connection to nature magic since his tounger years, and for being curious about other things and cultures, so he became a hermit of sorts, wandering the land and forests trying to make sense of the world and attuning to nature before encountering the rest of the party. For him it never made sense to just "waste" corpses when people died by burying them intead of using them for food etc.. as a druid he saw that as a way of nature, and a way to honor and forward the cycle of life. But since he was with a group of "civilized" people, he slowly learned to respect those customs, even if it still never quite made sense in his mind. Ironically it was the barbarian who put the most effort to teach him about the "no eating" people after combat since he had a background in which cannibals murdered his wife and child. He was always the practical guy, and for an outsider ina first interaction with him he seemed even simple minded, but as you knew him you would notice he had some weird yet cool insight on events that even other party members went like "oh wha.. well that actually makes alot of sense." His perception of emotions was another fun thing to deal with, he always tilted his head trying to piece together the more "human" interactions such as demonstrations of love and affection in general. As well as fear.. he didnt perceive fear the same way most others races do, if he saw a dragon he didnt just tremble on his feet over "emotional" fear.. he just had an analytical view of the situaton, measured the threat and reached the conclusion that running was the best course of action to achieve survival. Another awesome thing that evolved during the campaign was his sense of friendship, it was obviously different because of his alien sense of affection, but he was abolutely loyal to his comrades, to the point of jumping in front of a green dragon's breath to shield a friend. Insults had no effect on him whatsoever, he just blankly looked at the person and continued on whatever he was doing. He was the avatar of "no fucks given." In the end it was very cool to look back on how much i as a player learned by interpreting such an alien character and the way he interacted with the group, who also ended up looking at him as the "heart and soul" of the party even if he didnt even understand exactly what it means. That lizard druid had, in the simplest of ways, the purest of hearts and it is a characher i will always have very fond memories of. Obs: another thing i forgot to metion was that he was bad at speaking common, so most people that tried to know him at first had the wrong impression he was "dumb" or simple minded(like i mentioned above). While if anyone were to speak to him in sylvan or draconic, would notice he was excentric but not at all stupid.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Thanks for the story

[@ElectroKinesisMan]

Now I wanna play one

[@thebutterlegion9263]

"In short"

[@bbagginsmcswaggins]

"The lizardfolk would then dive back into the building in search of this piece of cake." . . . . . . . . . . . . *is it bad that I would do this normally*

[@elim.4204]

no

[@aidenmcconnell4706]

Most currently yes

[@lordscrubugus9897]

With the power of dices and luck you could actually find it. Rogue: Wait, there was an actual cake in there ?! Lizardboi: It was in the corner of the room.

[@crazy4bricksthebrickbrothe722]

Lord Scrubugus so the cake wasn’t a lie after all

[@fantasyshadows3207]

the worse part is that I have several characters who aren't lizard folk and WILL pull this kind of stunt over and over and over again

[@mrmonti620]

The party as perceived by my Lizardfolk: Annoyance Annoyance And finally Annoyance but male

[@Nova-jw6ju]

“Look at that high-waisted man, he got feminine hips” “NOOOO THATS THE THING IM SENSITIVE ABOUT”

[@totallylost7683]

I'm pretty tempted to ditch the dwarf and go with a survivalist lizard chad.

[@RexOrbis]

Where's the "chad" part

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Make him from the polar ice cap and the saxtonnhale of lizardfolk

[@raefinoh1172]

After watching this I want to intentionally die in my campaign and roll up a Lizardfolk.

[@SladePate]

Imagine not hearing about World Anvil yet.

[@ninodonlord]

I know right? Smh

[@UniverseAres]

No i don't want to

[@Sgt-Wolf]

Better than hearing about raid shadow legend for the 50th time that day.

[@thedragonflyers6184]

I love it tho

[@77wolfblade]

need to get around to use it.

[@KurNorock]

Monitor lizards are actually very intelligent and do display a wide variety of emotions.

[@Zane-It]

Is hunger an emotion?

[@Stratelier]

Rogue: "That was a piece of cake..." Lizardman: (dives back in to the house) _five minutes later_ Lizardman: THE CAKE IS A LIE.

[@son0fgrim]

I played a Lizardfolk barbarian once. Got thrown out of that group for my character "being a sociopath even thou i followed the strongest persons (the paladin in my characters mind) rules to the letter.

[@Marguns21]

Im intrigue, would you kindly tell us more about these rules?

[@NagoffyV]

I feel like I've heard from you before. Or someone very similar. Did the paladin constantly have to clarify things? if so, that sounds really annoying.

[@Micras08]

I've seen many Lizardfolk being played very disruptively. Also seen a lot of Paladins, evil characters, lawful characters, chaotic characters etc. be played very disruptively :) Point is there's a fine line between being true to your setting material and being an asshole at the table ^^ It's a struggle though, even were a table to play all humans people would probably still want to take the story in very different directions so I think the most important thing in this hobby really is the session zero. Without someone will almost certainly be diverting from the rest, in best case only one person at worst multiple, with players and GM all not being on the same page :P

[@josiahhager6069]

The Lizardfolk I'm playing right now I basically run like a sociopath/psychopath (i forget the difference). While he is mostly devoid of emotions, he puts on a much friendlier face. Since he still has some minor feelings and morals every now and then, he's not a traditional Lizardfolk, but that could also be because he is a bard and bards are naturally more charismatic people.

[@insanenessity]

@@josiahhager6069 I really don't see how a lizard person could be very charismatic

[@ThiccInk]

My favorite arc that I was able to witness as a DM was one of my players playing a lizard folk fighter named Silver Scales with Sharp Stick learning to understand emotions. When another play character died Silver started having these nuts breakdowns because he was feeling sad and didn’t understand it. Dude would run out of town constantly, try and run ahead in dungeons saying “humans without scales die when stabbed stay in back room while silver kills things ahead.” Which was nuts because he was playing a lizard folk super well before that being all about self preservation and all that, but now he was actively putting his life on the line.

[@Zane-It]

Did the story have a happy ending?

[@ThiccInk]

@@Zane-It oh damn this is a callback. Unfortunately the game fizzled out during Covid so we never got to see the ending to it :(

[@Zane-It]

@@ThiccInk ah dang well if you ever continue the story I wanna know how it ends

[@keltzy]

We have a lizardfolk monk in our party and he pretty much is this video. Between him and the warforged barbarian, it's amazing we survive any social encounters.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Human: "What did the elephant ask the doctor for when his head was hurting?" Lizardfolk: "…" Human: "Trunkuillizers." Lizardfolk: "Where is this talking elephant? I feel hunger for elephant meat."

[@marcogypaetus9607]

"Ok, let's go with an easier one... why did the chicken cross the road?" Lizardman starts furiously looking up and down the other side of the road "Where?" "Dude, what are you doing?" "You say chicken crossed the road. Where is it? Going to eat!"

[@frankhorriganenjoyer]

I made a pair of boots and a bag later turned into a bag of holding out of a dead dragonborn

[@VI5ix6]

now that is quality, very decadent

[@yeeaahh8863]

I don’t get it.

[@thegoldenboy7709]

Teamate: why were there so many sticks there? Me playing lizardfolk: * walks into enemy house. Teamate: what are you doing!!!? Me: ŚŤĮÇĶŠ

[@RoyalFusilier]

Part of me is having the "oh man, this sounds like such a fun and interesting character to have around and bounce off others". Another part is going "man, this setup is absolutely ideal for a fucking asshole to troll others and retreat back into Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings sophistry to justify it."

[@jordanwhite8718]

Funny you should mention being an asshole with the lizardfolk. Once when I was just joining a group we ran into some refugees from a dragon attack. For some reason I thought it would be funny for my lizardfolk druid to ask why they were complaining about not having food to eat. They could just eat each other and solve that problem.

[@oriaan5217]

Having a lizard person who slowly comes to understand and feel emotions would be such a fun story

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Lizards:* [hiss] *Me, as an intellectual:* _OH NO! DR. CONNER'S CLASS!!!_

[@Ithirid]

Goosebumps?

[@burningbronze7555]

@@Ithirid no spider man.

[@Mis.tresss]

Allen!

[@sauceinmyface9302]

Lizardmen are more alien than the actual aliens, the mindflayers.

[@dextertek9536]

I made a Lizardfolk named Trixl. He’s the Lizard Wizard and fights everything, using magic as an Eldritch Knight and a sword as... an Eldritch Knight. He always does this while screaming at the opponent that he is, indeed, the Lizard Wizard. The only reason why he ever does this, as Lizardfolk don’t understand stuff like names, is because the dragon that taught him magic told him to. He’s fun.

[@ILoveAnime1121]

"Lizardfolk will insult you, but in an accurate way."

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

1:38 So their only realistic alignment is neutral. Maybe chaotic.

[@cameronscott9399]

Lawful neutral no? Complete emotionless utility is perfect order wouldn't you say?

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@@cameronscott9399 only if such utility follows an ordered pattern, or personal code. Adaptation is key to survival, and a lawful ruleset might limit adaptability, so in a Lizardfolk's mind is illogical. Then again, a flexible guideline collection, whie too malleable to make a Lizardfolk 'lawful', might be helful. Using dead thing's claws prevents self claws from injury, increasing survival.

[@connordarvall8482]

I'd say true neutral, as they will obey people who are stronger than them so they don't die, but will ignore the rules if it means they won't die.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@@mitchellsidebottom9271 Right, and natural beasts and animals in dungeons and dragons are classified as Neutral.

[@DBArtsCreators]

It depends upon what the lizard personally sees as best for survival. If mimicking other beings' morals aids in survival, then they'd learn to mimic said morals. If being a monster aids in survival though, then they'd do that. All depends upon the character's outlook.

[@21700r]

*Picture of John Mulaney* "Feminine Hips" HAHA OH I CAN'T BREATHE, IT'S TOO GOOD!

[@jacobmay4319]

Lizardfolk are fantasy 8th graders

[@MoonPatch]

Lizardfolk really are my favorite race for how uniquely they experience the world They're not JUST cold and emotionless and that's it, experiencing the world as something happening instead of something that is is really interesting to me, plus reptiles are neato.

[@TheKingsPride]

7:25 tall halfling bard: “NO, THAT’S WHAT I’M SENSITIVE ABOUT!!!”

[@RedTailedSmeargle]

"Ugly" EXCUSE YOU HE IS A BEAUTIFUL ONE EYED BOI

[@sporeman1331]

How dare he insult our boi Fblthp like that.

[@stretopovermind9680]

... Silly.

[@katiehesse6578]

To insult fblthp is to insult god

[@legendarytat8278]

I don't care, but he can easily eat you if he needs to.

[@rommdan2716]

How the fuck does a race without emotions have a concept of beauty?!!! That makes no sense

[@zachhaas1075]

I need more new york lizard men in my life.

[@defensivekobra3873]

Ay, walkin' mah lizard!

[@dustinbesser4780]

"Da last baddel cawzed tyid." Had me rolling

[@skrumbleton3745]

Me:**tries to explain that told can be traded for things** Lizard folk: give me meat ** throws gold at merchant and rips off his arm

[@ToonamiT0M]

Honestly, my Lizardfolk character was my favorite to play because he gave me a huge challenge to roll play. And honestly, I did it pretty well. I often came into conflict with my team mates, in a fun, character accurate kind of way. I got to be a d!ck without it becoming a problem for the other players. He is my favorite character, and ended his quest by becoming the ruler of his tribe and the guardian of the last remanence of magic in the world.

[@SinerAthin]

I just like to imagine a tribe of lizardfolk and a tribe of red dragonborn getting into a huge scrap over which of them is going to get to serve the area's local red dragon.

[@stretopovermind9680]

Red dragon: there is enough of me for all of you and never enough of you for all me.

[@TamTroll]

i'm thinking of what i would call my D&D party if i was a lizardfolk now. "Fur" - Catfolk cleric "Also fur" -catfolk barbarian "Feathers" -Tengu "Shoots" - human boltace

[@Aurioksavenger]

"Fur" "Angry Fur" "Bird" "Bolt"

[@TamTroll]

@Kathy Kat gunslinger class, but with an archetype that focuses on crossbows instead. useful for when you want to play a gunslinger in a world that doesn't have gunpowder yet.

[@deadlydingus1138]

Scales.

[@RaskaTheFurry]

Shiny Angry Chicken Weak

[@nyetloki]

Preachy fur Strong fur Fur but flying Furless

[@hunterotte4085]

"Feelings are for the weak minded." - Lizard Folk "So you chose death..." - That CE Wizard in your party who is casting fireball at the Lizard folks huts

[@Yabuturtle]

The only real way to have a Lizardfolk even act remotely human is if they were raised from birth by humans or arcane wielders but even then they will still be awkward around others. Not because of how they are raised but by their lizard brains.

[@hixel1268]

Alternative Title: *Lizardfolk, A Murderhobos best friend*

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Additional fact: Lizardfolk also hate anything that looks like a giant, humanoid rat. Also they have spaceships in the shape of Aztec pyramids.

[@Mage-7734]

Wrong game lol

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

@@Mage-7734 it's a joke

[@Mage-7734]

@@dank_smirk2ndchannel200 I know. I love Warhammer and me some ratty bois Seriously - the Skaven is cool as hell lore wise

[@Aviedya]

"But name makes easier to call out specific people. Perhaps name good?" Do they even have names?

[@Wisper200]

Lizardfolk use their own naming convensions on themselves but in dragonic. A lot are named 'achuak' which is Dragon word for green

[@mizublackriver7021]

@@Wisper200 so every newborn lizardfolk is called "Little Green"?

[@Wisper200]

@@mizublackriver7021 not every lizardfolk is green 😂

[@RaskaTheFurry]

So they all are baby yoda at young age ?

[@mizublackriver7021]

@@RaskaTheFurry exactly.

[@AdamDeLocke]

Lizardfolk worship Dragons for the same reason you mentioned in 2:37. "You are stronger than us and we do not wish to die. Take all this shitty heavy yellow metal and funny shaped shiny glass we keep finding off corpses and please don't attack us. If you keep us safe, we will bring you more stuff that is no value to use because we can't eat or build with it."

[@GoblinLord]

Tbh on one hand, this is an interesting race in terms of personality, but I also find the idea of having a defective Lizardfolk who's kicked out for ya know, putting the tribe at risk because they have the ability to feel

[@maximutatro3176]

This sounds perfect for an artificer character

[@Mage-7734]

Now to just add on the chef feat...

[@burgerkirk7759]

I played a lizard folk bard once, my spells were cast by me just opening my mouth and bellowing the THX sound fully base boosted. Stealth was never an option.

[@Lastofthesigilites]

Lizardfolk paladin: I just got my power one day.

[@ArtificialDragon]

I played as a Lizardfolk Warlock named Vulvis. It was really funny acting out as a lizardfolk around the party. For example where was this one moment where my gf's Tabaxi Rogue lost her companion and in character I said "I am sorry for your lose, in my culture we would usually eat a loved one." And everyone at the table were all like "Wtf is wrong with you?!"

[@captaindoesyoutube7925]

“Feelings? Do you know who has feelings? The guy I’m snacking on” - A lizardfolk, probably

[@door5443]

My party has a kindhearted Lizardfolk raised for half of there life for humans, and makes Bone statues

[@rimurutempest4945]

Man, I want to create a Lizardfolk who is obsessed with learning about emotions (a birth defect for sure) and spends his entire life trying to learn it but can’t really understand it but still does it anyway

[@jordanwhite8718]

You just describe every autistic person who ever got a bachelors degree in psychology.

[@cyndrigaming]

A hag used Viscous Mockery on my lizardfolk fighter. Saying "looks like my swamp has an infestation" obviously referencing to his trespassing. I passed my save and played it off as it going completely over his head 😂 Theyre so much fun to play.

[@timberstove7029]

Yo I would have made a specific investigation check for cake before I left anyway

[@wingmario95]

6:38 I feel like that would be the most a lizardfolk can relate to a human. 😂

[@Lastofthesigilites]

2:36 "you have killed my entire tribe. You and I are now friends."

[@GioTheVax]

Lizardfolk are my BOIS, I love playing a lizard it's so wildly different from the core races

[@Outcrow]

Dragon: Raid the nearest town and bring me any valuables. Lizardman: K. Also Lizardman: 1:58

[@wuzhere7518]

Why do I love the idea of a Lizardfolk learning metaphors and then just using an excessive amount of ones that don’t even make any sense to anybody else except for them

[@TommyTheCat83]

This really helped flesh out a couple npc'd I had planned. Thanks.

[@oozedinosaur2929]

when I see a lizardfolk step one is chat-up near impossible

[@ryansullivan7349]

As someone with aspergers syndrome, I always knew I was a lizard man

[@timexyemerald6290]

Rogue: that was a piece of cake Lizardman: *breaks in to find the cake* Lizardmen are my kind peaple it seems

[@elsquisheeone]

one of my first characters was a lizziboi whos village was attacked by ogres. he was saved by an adventuring priest, who tried to indoctrinate him into the religion. obviously lizzyboi didn't understand the point of devotion or prayers, but he did learn one thing: a living companion is more useful than a dead one. and thus Gnassa the grave cleric was born, keeping strong companions alive while looting those that weren't. he also didn't understand the meaning of "mercy", so he would constantly use it incorrectly in sentences, especially when referring to food

[@gabrielrussell5531]

6:57 Why did you give your Lizardfolk a Dwarven accent? There's a story there.

[@yokaiju8909]

Since when do Dwarves sound like Noo Yoikaz? They're Scottish in everything I've seen them in.

[@Eric_The_Cleric]

He sounds more like a typical New York mob boss than a dwarf lol. Now I gotta try making my dwarves sound like New York mob bosses lol.

[@gabrielrussell5531]

@@yokaiju8909 Portraying the race of Surly, hardy, workaholic, Lawful Good, urban-dwelling substance-abusers as New Yorkers is just the logical choice. This logical extrapolation is why Elves have Californian accents in my game.

[@Theminebros122]

Dwarves are from BOSTON, Elves are the new yorkers

[@gabrielrussell5531]

@Lex Bright Raven They actually have either rural British, (Tolkein imagined them as idealized rural English countrymen) or New Zealand (Peter Jackson filmed his Hobbit movies there and it's a related accent. Also the last person I DMed who played a Hin was from NZ) accents.

[@hegyiman]

"I'm going to eat Muscle boy's corpse, so move away F*cktoy! " - says the lizardfolk to the cleric, who's crying over her deceased Barbarian bf.

[@cobaltCarnivore]

Richárd Hegyesi I admire the cojones of the gecko who insults someone whose job is essentially swinging a potato-sized lump of steel while praying fervently, right before trying to eat their recently killed significant other.

[@eternallylearning2811]

Imagine if the cleric blasted the lizardfolk to their afterlife

[@RaskaTheFurry]

If I eat strong, i be stronger *big think*

[@slammurai6492]

The most fun race to play. I played one in my most recent campaign. We started in a jail cell, while my party introduced themselves I walked away and used druid magic to escape the cell. We took down a guard and I immediately say "I start to carve up the guard and eat his fingers". None of the other players knew how Lizardfolk acted so their reactions were priceless

[@Mayday468]

Huh I wonder what happens when the party fights a dragon while a lizardfolk's on the team Do they defect, wait to see who comes out on top, or somthing else?

[@Vargh-]

By far my favorite race to play, it's just too damn fun

[@CRANTIME]

Probably the easiest to digest explanation of them I've seen. I play almost exclusively Lizardfolk and they're a friggen blast

[@Drekromancer]

6:24 I am unreasonably happy to see this video reference King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I see you are a man of culture.

[@TalosAcephalos]

Imagine being a damn scalie

[@defensivekobra3873]

Imaginge being able to eat like *fast*

[@thebassistsoldier]

Don't kinkshame me

[@defensivekobra3873]

@@thebassistsoldier shut up crab bi*ch

[@legendarytat8278]

@@thebassistsoldier Nice crab, i think I will eat it

[@owo8996]

UwU

[@PerpetualGM]

Unfortunately, the Cunning Artisan ability doesn't let you make tools out of humanoids. I'm guessing for "reasons".

[@Neutral_Tired]

I have played a total of two lizardfolk, a death cleric and a forge cleric. The death cleric would raise the newly dead (except kids, because that was the deal he made with the party) then, if they were still fresh enough after death, eat them The forge cleric was ‘cursed’ with the ability to admire craftsmanship by a dwarven god, and spent most of the campaign trying to get rid of it.

[@zachmowat8994]

One of my favorite characters is a Lizardfolk druid named Achuak (Draconic for "Green"). He is fascinated by other races. He especially likes elves. Their limbs are more tender.

[@MeepChangeling]

So basically... Since I'm autistic, I could play a Lizardolk by just turning off the exhausting social algorithm I run, and also pretend I'm living in Alaska on scraps again, and make people think I'm a brilliant roleplayer without any effort? Oh, hell yes!

[@mibber121]

every time you make one of these i always think 'surely hes done them all now' and then you never have

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Basically Aarocokra

[@RadxPLord]

My favorite race in DnD, I like to homebrew them to be like real life lizards which can change how you play, one of my characters was a monk who could move faster or slower based on the temperature

[@777kangiron777]

I made a lizardfolk barbarian anthropologist one time. He was really a chef in disguise looking for food.

[@near7414]

this gave me an idea for a new character: king gizzard, the lizard wizard

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Izard Gizzard the Blizzard Wizard Lizard.

[@Gep_05]

Nice reference